Beyond the disorder: one parent's reflection on genetic counselling.

Beyond the disorder: one parent's reflection on genetic counselling.

As a mother of two sons with adrenoleukodystrophy the author of this paper writes about her experiences of genetic counselling following the diagnosis. She discusses the dilemmas, emotions and aftermath this knowledge has brought to her family and the roles she played. Personal concerns are raised about the values guiding genetic counselling which, she found, focused on the technical details wi...

Genetic Investigations and Counselling on Neurogenetic Disorders

Genetic Counselling in Schizophrenia

Sir, On the basis of the data that they had collected, Parmeshwaran et al.(1999) concluded that a significant relationship exists between phases of the lunar synodic cycle and the development of psychiatric morbidity. From a methodological perspective, I have a reservation about their validity of their conclusions : Parmeshwaran et al.(1999) studied patients at the time of admission and not at ...

Odds in genetic counselling.

Effect of genetic counselling on the prevalence of Huntington's chorea.

The relative fertility of sons and daughters of patients with Huntington's chorea was found to be a little under 0.5 if they had been told of their risk of transmitting the disease before they had started their families. The effect was much the same in those who had attended the genetic clinic at The Hospital for Sick Children on a single occasion and those who had been told of their risk direc...